Friday, March 4
Orcas Center Opening for Brook Meinhardt Solo Show. Brook’s recent landscape paintings will be featured in the Orcas Center show, along side much of her illustration and 3-D work. Reception begins at 5:30 p.m. For a preview, visit Brook’s Website at www.brookmeinhardt.com
Black Swan” on-screen at the Seaview Theater, Friday-Sunday at 7:30 p.m. A ballet dancer wins the lead in “Swan Lake” and is perfect for the role of the delicate White Swan – Princess Odette – but slowly loses her mind as she becomes more and more like Odile, the Black Swan. Starring: Natalie Portman: Academy Award Winner for Best Actress. Rated: R. 376-5724
Saturday, March 5
Native Plant Sale from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Grange. Rescheduled from last week.
An Elizabethan “Broken Consort” Musical Event “An Elizabethan Broken Consort” will explore renaissance chamber music with Jeffrey Cohan, renaissance transverse flutes; Courtney Kuroda, violin; and Lisa Michele Lewis, harpsichord and virginals (a small renaissance keyboard instrument). The suggested donation, a free will offering towards expenses, will be $15. Youth 18 and under are free. “An Elizabethan Broken Consort” will celebrate Renaissance chamber musicA and the transition to the new Baroque style. 1:30 p.m. at Odd Fellows Hall at (360) 376-5640. Please see www.concertspirituel.org for further information.
Kiwanis Paper Airplane Contest takes place in the High School Gym, starting at 1 p.m. Make and fly airplanes with prizes for time aloft, distance traveled and target accuracy.
Physical Acting for Children and Adults Jake Perrine – Acting Teacher, Director, Writer, Audio Engineer, teaches physical-based acting techniques for children ages 10 to 13. His teaching is highly active, fun, disciplined (like Karate) and a great way for children to develop an awareness of using their bodies in acting. Tuition: $40.00 per four-week series, Saturdays 10:30 to 11:30 a.m., Ages 10-12. Adult classes (above age 13) starts Mondays, Feb. 28. Call Sparks @ 376-2281 x2 or sparks@orcascenter.org.
Sunday, March 6
Darvill’s Book Signing Talk and book signing with Eileen Dey author of Touching the World Through Reiki, 3 – 4 pm at Darvill’s Bookstore. Everyone welcome. 376-2135.
School Benefit Music Concert sponsored by Music Advocacy Guild 3 p.m. at the Old school gymnasium. Islands’ Sinfonia, the Orcas Choral Society, and the Community Band in concert. Admission is by donation, and all proceeds benefit the school music program. Reception following in the school cafeteria.
United World College Students speak of the challenges facing youth throughout the world. 6 to 8 p.m. at Emmanuel Parish Hall, Soup and bread will be served
Margie, thank you so much for your hard work, keeping us informed about all the interesting things going on in this vital community…saw the MAG concert yesterday, and I am still in awe. The talent here is mind-boggling; from the middle school string quartet to the rousing “Battle Hymn” complete with Chorus and Band, horns a-blowing and drums a-drumming…
Lots of children in the audience, so great to see that; and they were fully listening.
Great work, MAG, and the teachers, directors—and all musicians. Got tingles down my spine just from the sheer heart of it all.